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[chrissy92972]

Hi! I was just on live chat with US AIR about our flight from MCO to PHL in October. I was rethinking the coming home so late with school the next day. There are two earlier flights that are non stop and about 1/2 empty also less expensive then ours. They told me it would cost us 100 per ticket for a total of 600 to change to an earlier in the day flight. Does anyone know a way I can make this happen for alot less then $600. Our tickets are non refundable. Our flight is also non stop.

Chrissy

 

[DebbieB]

You can take a chance and standby on the day of travel for $25 each:

>>>"Move Up Program"
The new US Airways* understands that travelers need flexibility in their schedule. That's why we allow you to "move up" to any earlier flight on the same day of your originally scheduled departure time at the airport (with the exception of flights to Hawaii and Europe). Please note: Day-of-departure changes may only be made at the airport and not through our Reservations centers.

If there is an open seat available on any earlier flight that departs on the same day as your originally scheduled departure, you may change to that flight and we will automatically confirm your reservation for $25 for flights within the 48 contiguous United States and $50 for flights to Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and Alaska. This lower confirmation fee replaces the usual $100 change fee, plus any differences between your old fare and new fare, for non-refundable tickets.

If there is NOT an open seat available on an earlier flight that departs on the same day as your originally scheduled departure, you may stand by for that flight at no charge. Standing by at no charge is not permitted if we can confirm that there is an open seat available for that flight. Seats on completely booked flights may become available if passengers with confirmed reservations don't show up for the flight. Please note: Unlike a confirmed reservation, flying standby does not guarantee that you will get on the particular flight that you want and may involve waiting for two or more flights before a seat is available to you. <<<<

 

[bicker]

Just a note about the stand-by part... if you go stand-by, you lose your confirmed seat on the later flight. We figured it wasn't worth the risk, so we waited the extra two hours.

 

[chrissy92972]

Thanks! Can't take the risk with the 6 of us and Magical Express. Guess we will just get home at midnight and have school the next day. Funny thing is to book a 1 way ticket earlier that day is about $400 versus $600 for change ticket fees.

Chrissy